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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Thomas Barr wins Semi-Final of 400m Hurdles in Rio

A little bit of history was made this morning when Thomas Barr of Ferrybank AC in Waterford made it through to the Olympic final of the 400m hurdles in Rio. Not only did Thomas qualify but he also won his race in impressive style.

With his trademark kick in the final straight, he caught up and passed the leaders to take the win. His time was the 3rd fastest of the semi=finals.

3 comments:

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said...

if runners can get PB's , break Irish records and/or get to olympic finals then they have done very well and justified their being there. unfortunately it seems to be rare enough so well done to thomas barr

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'If you want to win something, run 100 metres. If you want to experience something, run a marathon' - Emil Zatopek, Winner of the 5k, 10k and Marathon, Helsinki Olympics, 1952 and broke the existing Olympic record in each event.